Artesols (proposed) – The Urban/Built Environment Soils

Tentative Agenda

8:00 - 8:10 Welcome (Borlaug Hall 375, St. Paul Campus) - Luke Lunde, Professional Soil Scientist, MAPSS President

8:10 – 8:45 Urban Soil Projects - Nic Jelinski, PhD, Professor in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota

8:45 – 9:30 Urban Soil Survey - Nora Pearson, Soil Scientist

9:30 – 10:15 Break – stretch, network

10:15-10:30 Walk to campus constructed wetland

10:30 - 11:45 Constructed wetland on UMN Campus - Field visit

11:45 - 12:00 Walk to lunch spot

12:00 - 12:20 Lunch Break

12:20 - 1:20 MAPSS Business Meeting - Luke Lunde, Professional Soil Scientist, MAPSS President

1:20 - 1:30 Break, load buses

1:30 - 1:50 Bus ride

1:50 - 4:30 Farm - site visit and farm overview, soil cores, pits

4:30 - 4:45 Bus back to campus

4:45 - 5:00 Questions and closing remarks - Luke Lunde, Professional Soil Scientist, MAPSS President

Register online at - https://www.mnsoilscientist.org/tickets/p/mapsssummertour2025

Click here for the registration form to download if you do not want to register online.

Day of Event information

Sent in an email 7-31-25

The event begins at 8am tomorrow, there will be snacks and coffee (around 7:30am), arrive early to eat and mingle (parking info is below). Some of the parking options will require that you walk a bit, so give yourself some walking time. The building is card access only, but someone will be there to let you in. Don't forget about road closures! Highway 94 (https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNDOT/bulletins/3d8e242), University Avenue https://pts.umn.edu/university-avenue-construction-beginning, 

We will be outside and suggest a few items

• boots or shoes you can get wet as we will be near a wetland

• bug spray

• sunscreen

• facemasks due to the poor air quality

Parking Options

$15 - pay lot across from Borlaug

$15 - Gortner Ramp

$6 - Lot 104 which I affectionately call the Solar Panel lot

Free - We have acquired free parking for up to 25 vehicles along the west side of Gortner between Folwell and Larpenter.

Free - Park along Como Avenue, walk to Cleveland Ave and pick up the free 124 Campus Circulator bus - There will be enough food there that you may need the walk to burn off that energy!

Transit Options - https://www.metrotransit.org/trip-planner

87 - The 87 bus runs along Cleveland and Gortner through St. Paul to Roseville every half an hour.

61 - The 61 bus runs along Larpenter often

Last Item

We will have tshirts for sale and possibly a raffle. Bring a few dollars if you would like to participate.

Call or text at 6127411365 if you need assistance or have any questions the day of the event.

Histosols - The Organic Soils

You can either join this event In person at WSB LLC (WSB University - 2nd floor) in Golden Valley, MN (masks are optional) or via Zoom from the comfort of your own home/office.

Check-in opens at 7:30am and includes coffee, tea, and pastries.  The event will begin at 8am.

Professional Development Hours: 6.0

Talks and Speakers (subject to change)

University of Minnesota Soil Science Horizons
Brent Williams, PhD
Department Head - Soil, Water, Climate
University of Minnesota

Organic Soils in Minnesota:  What are the numbers?
Joe Brennan
State Soil Scientist
USDA-NRCS

Lost River Forest Peatland Restoration
Luke Lunde, PSS
Professional Soil Scientist & Senior Associate
WSB

Permafrost-affected Soils, Distribution, and Change
Nic Jelinski, PhD
Professor - Soil, Water & Climate
University of Minnesota

The Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing Environments (SPRUCE) Experiment: Cutting Edge Climate Research on Peatlands
Randy Kolka, PhD
Research Soil Scientist
USDA-Forest Service

Lunch provided by D’Amico & Sons - Sponsored by Alliant Engineering and Stantec

Re-use of Minnesota Waste Material in Sustainably Designed Soils
David A. Saftner
Professor
University of Minnesota, Duluth

Restoring Minnesota’s Peatlands to Mitigate Climate Change
Mark Felice
Peatland Scientist
The Nature Conservancy - MN-ND-SD chapter

Why Good Soil Scientists and Firms do Bad Things
David Schultz
Professor
Hamline University

MAPSS Business Meeting
A MAPSS business meeting will be held during the conference. All MAPSS members are expected to attend this session.

If you would rather not pay online then click here to download the registration form as a PDF. Complete the form and mail it to us with your payment.